ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 3099

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 16, 2025

      The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3099.

     This bill requires the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (the “board”) to allow for preceptorships for students in the final year or final two semesters of a program in chiropractic medicine.  “Preceptorship” is defined in the bill to mean a clinical program in which a student participates in the practice of chiropractic medicine under the direct supervision of a New Jersey-licensed chiropractor.  The board is to approve the State-licensed chiropractors who can act as preceptors for students.  Additionally, the school, institution, or college of chiropractic in which the student is enrolled is to be approved by the board pursuant to current law.

     Under the bill, a student seeking to participate in a preceptorship is to apply to the board for a limited license.  The limited license is not to be renewed upon expiration.  To the extent the board considers it appropriate, the provisions of current law governing chiropractors and additional staff are to apply to students in a preceptorship.

     The bill aims to retain graduates of programs of chiropractic medicine based in New Jersey to work as licensed chiropractors in the State.